The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Education: Development, Trends, and Challenges
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Entrepreneurship has emerged over the last two decades as arguably the most potent economic force the world has ever experienced. With that expansion has come a similar increase in the field of entrepreneurship education. The recent growth and development in the curricula and programs devoted to entrepreneurship and new–venture creation have been remarkable. The number of colleges and universities that offer courses related to entrepreneurship has grown from a handful in the 1970s to over 1,600 in 2005. In the midst of this huge expansion remains the challenge of complete academic legitimacy for entrepreneurship. While it can be argued that some legitimacy has been attained in the current state of entrepreneurship education, there are critical challenges that lie ahead. This article focuses on the trends and challenges in entrepreneurship education for the 21st century.
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“Several narrative reviews of the entrepreneurship education literature have noted that there may be important links between EET and entrepreneurship outcomes (e.g., Kuratko, 2005; Pittaway & Cope, 2007; Weaver et al., 2006).”
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- Authors
- Kuratko, D. F.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kuratko, Donald F.
- ORCID
- Kuratko, Donald F.
- Venue
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-09
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 577-597
- ISSN
- 1042-2587 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-6520
- OpenAlex
- W2039298878
- Cited by
- 2,411
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 47.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- autopapers.ssrn.com
- Locations
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Education › Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Management and Marketing Education
- Keywords
- entrepreneurship education, academic legitimacy, startups, higher education
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